Saumya Sindhwani

Saumya Sindhwani is an Assistant Professor of Strategy and Organisational Behaviour (Practice) at the Indian School of Business (ISB). Her research interests are at the intersection of strategy, leadership, and society. She actively looks into the challenges faced by organisations while designing and implementing strategy, given the highly volatile, uncertain, and complex business environment we live in today.

She also has a keen interest in the role of women as economic change agents, including their leadership styles. She has published two books, one on leadership and the other on the role of creativity in business. Prior to entering academia, she has spent many years as a consultant with Aon Hewitt and also worked with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). She regularly publishes in applied journals and presents at various academic conferences and corporate events.

Professor Sindhwani is an award-winning teacher. She is also an accomplished poet, with her poems published in various anthologies.

• PhD, Manchester Business School, 2005
• M.sc, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2001
• B.Sc. (Hons) Gold Medalist, Business and Management Studies, University of Bradford, 2000

Academic positions

• 2017 - Present: Assistant Professor (Practice), Indian School of Business
• 2015 - 2018: Senior Lecturer of Strategic Management, Lee Kong Chian School of Business , Singapore Management University
• 2013 - 2015: Head Faculty Development Head Faculty Development, Centre for Management Practice, Singapore Management University
• 2006 - 2011: Adjunct Professor, Lancaster University, India Campus
• 2006 - 2011: Visiting Faculty, MBA Schools
• 2005 - 2006: Senior Research and Teaching Fellow, Manchester Business School

Professional Positions

• 2024 - Present: Member Board of Advisors, Joze Rizal University, Philippines
• 2020 - Present: Board Member, We HUB
• 2020 - 2024: Associate Dean – Advanced Management Programmes, Indian School of Business
• 2019 - 2024: Executive Director-CLMP, Indian School of Business
• 2011 - 2013: Solution Leader, Executive Development and Strategic alliances, Human Capital Leadership Institute, (HCLI)
• 2006 - 2010: Practice Leader Talent Development and Director, India and Middle East,, Hewitt Associates(Aon Hewitt)
• 2001 - 2002: Research Fellow, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

• Sindhwani, Saumya., Saihjpal, Vinodini., Shah, Geetika. (2024) "Anthyseti Funeral Services: Time for Business Model Transformation"
• Sindhwani, Saumya., Sinha, Srishhti., Shah, Geetika. (2024) "Reviving Kamathipura: India Post's Effort Towards Financial Inclusion of Sex Workers", Harvard Business Publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya., Sidhu, Poonamjot. (2023) "Farm Laws 2020: Battle of Wits or More?", Harvard Business Publishing
• Velamuri, Rama., Sindhwani, Saumya., Saihjpal, Vinodini., Shah, Geetika. (2023) "Pink Lemonade: Establishing A Growth Mindset (B)", Harvard Business Publishing
• Velamuri, Rama., Sindhwani, Saumya., Saihjpal, Vinodini., Shah, Geetika. (2023) "Pink Lemonade: Time to Refresh the Firm's Positioning (A)", Harvard Business Publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya., Shah, Geetika., Sinha, Srishhti., Shukla, Rajshree. (2023) "Saving an Endangered Art: India's Handloom Heritage", Harvard Business Publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya., Saihjpal, Vinodini., Shah, Geetika. (2023) "The Wedding Clinic: How Wide or Deep to Integrate Interrelated Businesses?", Havard Business Publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya., Appsamy, Lakshmi., Mehta, Urmi. (2023) "Mrida: Nurturing the love of learning among tribal children in India", Harvard Business Publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya., Appsamy, Lakshmi. (2022) "Hyper Island: A Creative Business School's Disruptive Maneuvers to Hold its Ground in the Education Landscape (B)", Harvard Business publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya., Appasamy, Lakshmi. (2022) "Hyper island: A creative Business school’s disruptive manuevers to hold its ground in the education landscape (A)", Harvard Business Publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya., S, Ramnarayan., Appasamy, Lakshmi., Shah, Geetika. (2022) "The Great Union Journey: Amalgamation of Union Bank of India, Andhra Bank, and Corporation Bank", Harvard Business Publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya., Mahadev, Kanchan., Sidhu, Poonamjot. (2022) "Jet Airways: Tale of their takeoff and crash landing", Harvard Business Publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya., Maglik, Harsh., Shah, Geetika., Parihar, Anusha. (2021) "Grounding of the Boeing 737 Max 8 (B) The Road Ahead – making the boeing 737 max flightworthy again", Harvard Business Publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya., Maglik, Harsh., Shah, Geetika., Parihar, Anusha. (2021) "Grounding of the Boeing 737Max 8(A) What went wrong?", Harvard Business Publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya., Ramnarayan, S., Shah, Geetika., Parihar, Anusha. (2021) "Merger of equals: the amalgamation story of Indian Bank and Allahabad Bank", Harvard Business Publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya., Appasamy, Lakshmi. (2021) "Making it to the top: Lessons of Organizational Transformation from Future Generali India Life", Harvard Business Publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya. (2020) "Walmart – Flipkart: A Deal Worth its Price?", Harvard Business Publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya. (2019) "Verka:An Indian Dairy cooperative's strategic turnaround,on Punjab's leading milk cooperative", Harvard Business Publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya. (2019) "Project Sashakt: Empowering underprivileged girls in India: Scaling up Dilemma,study of a female hygiene products meant for the marginalized sections of society", Harvard Business Publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya. (2017) "Cardpe: Assessing the market potential in a dynamic payments ecosystem in India", Harvard Business Publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya. (2017) "Matrix cellular: tapping into innovation to disrupt a regulated and saturated Indian telecom market", Harvard business publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya. (2017) "Sisters in Solidarity: Breaking the Bondage of Marginalised Women in India", Harvard Business Publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya. (2016) "Meralco: Powering People, Powering Philippines", Harvard business publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya., K LindbergRepo., Christopher Dula. (2016) "KONE’s “Ultrarope”, crafting a go to strategy for an innovative hoisting cable", Harvard business publishing
• Sindhwani, Saumya., Davies, Prof. Gary. (2003) "Enron: Crisis and Communication", Manchester Business School, Research Series

• October , 2024: How Organisations can embrace Gen Z's true potential, Mint.
• September , 2024: We: why new india needs more women Entrepreneurs, First Post.
• November 23, 2023: Five Lessons to navigate uncertainty in the gig economy, Forbes.
• September 25, 2023: Brand Maruti: Lessons on how to understand consumer, act and race, Forbers.
• October , 2009: India’s Knowledge Economy Readiness, Industry Report.
• August , 2009: Top Companies for Leaders, Industry Report.